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Managing ecosystems is considered a "wicked problem" without clear solutions due to the limited understanding of complex ecosystems and social dynamics. In this study, a method based on the Driving forces–Pressures–State–Impacts–Responses (DPSIR) framework was developed to reveal the Ecological Civilization Construction (ECC) together with structural equation modeling (SEM), panel data model (PDM), coupling and coordination degree (CCD) model, and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The SEM reveals that component Responses as exogenous variables can better explain the DPSIR framework nexuses than Driving forces, indicating that environmental protection measures taken by Chinese government played a dominant role in ECC. ECC indexes (ECCI) of 30 Chinese provinces were 18–87% higher in 2019 than 2012, and the PDM demonstrates that temperature, precipitation, and GDP can explain about 87.2% of ECCI variation among 30 provinces. About 12–40% increase in CCD within the DPSIR framework were detected in 30 Chinese provinces in 2019 compared to 2012. The DEA suggests that China's ECC's average comprehensive and technical efficiencies were only 0.62 and 0.77 in 2019, respectively. Meanwhile, these results show that ECC remains to be strengthened and coordinated. Implications on ECC were proposed for some provinces. Overall, this study proposes a Response-driven pathway named RDPSI can explain the achievements and limitation factors in China's ECC. Also, our results emphasize the importance of integrating science and technology, policy formulation, and precise implementation to achieve sustainable development. • A new method for studying the dynamic relationship of the SES is developed. • A sustainable development pathway named RDPSI is proposed. • China has formed a SES of positive feedback cycle, but the system is unstable. • There are increasingly significant spatial correlation issues in 30 Chinese provinces. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Cleaner Production is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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Making the entire world extremely nervous, more than the quarter of a year has gone past since the global breakout of deadly respiratory illness, named Coronavirus Disease-2019 (CoViD-19), over nine million people across the globe have already been infected with more than five percent death rate, and the number is still ascending at a tremendously frightening rate. This study has been driven to identify the adequacy and quality of responses from national health facilities in Bangladesh during this epidemic and discern the stimulates that influence the entire system. With an in-depth exercise of a nonparametric statistical method for proficiency weighting, namely the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique, the objective of this study of evaluating the thorough response and performance of the Bangladeshi National Health Service has been placed in efforts to be achieved. With the outcome, the method and operation of assessing the effective responsiveness, capability, and appropriate organization of the national health services (NHS) in Bangladesh during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have been revealed. It has also been specifically identified that this country’s health system does not possess material mastery on input variables;neither do they have strong dominance over output variables. With a view to minimizing the expenditure, they should have decreased input variables alongside enhancing input resources thoroughly to deal with this pandemic with stringent governance. Direction and limitation of future research endeavors in this area may be indicated by this study. National responses across the globe can also be benchmarked. © 2021 International Consortium for Electronic Business. All rights reserved.